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30th March:
• BJP announces core team. Varun Gandhi, Amit Shah, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, JP
Nanda and Murlidhar Rao were elevated as the party's General Secretary
by the BJP president Rajnath Singh.
• Serena Williams win Miami masters open Tennis Tournament for record
sixth time.
• Social activist Anna Hazare started his ‘Jantantra Yatra’ from Jallianwala
Bagh.
29th March:
• North Korea declares ''state of war'' against South Korea.
• Former Pakistan President Musharraf barred from going out of Pak.
28th March:
• Nelson Mandela admitted in hospital with lung infection in Johannesburg.
• New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder is in hospital at Christchurch after
suffering serious head injuries in an altercation outside a local bar.
27th March:
• India celebrates Holi.
• 2,290 rhinos found in Kaziranga National Park, Assam as per the census
conducted in the park.
• Tiger Woods regained his world no. 1 spot in PGA rankings after he win
The Arnold Palmer Invitation at Orlando, Florida.
26th March:
• Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi resigned on Tuesday over his
government's decision to return two marines to India.
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) asked Subrata Roy, the
head of the Sahara, to appear before it on April 10.
25th March:
• Indian PM Manmohan Singh reach South Africa to attend 2013 BRICS
Summit.
• Navneet Kaur Dhillon from Chandigarh wins Femina Miss India 2013.

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24th March:
• Former President Pervez Musharraf return back to Pakistan.
• India wins Airtel Border Gavaskar Trophy defiting Autralia 4-0 in the
series. R Ashwin declares as man of the series.
23rd March:
• Jodhpur Court frames fresh charges against Bollywood actor Salman Khan
and others.
• Nikhil Kumar sworn in as ne Governor of Kerala.
• Earth Hour 2013 observed in more than 150 countries.
22nd March:
• Two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen returned to
India Friday.
• Former President Pervez Musharraf gets bail ahead of return to Pakistan.
• Fourth and Final test between India and Australia start at Firoz Shah Kotla
Ground, Delhi.
21st March:
• Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt sentenced for five years in the 1993 Mumbai
serial blasts case. Supreme Court confirm death sentence of Yakub Abdul
Razak Memon.
• The Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa presented a tax-free budget for 2013-14.
• The UN Human Rights Council vote on a US-sponsored resolution on Sri
Lanka in Geneva.
• Anti-Rape bill passed in Rajya Sabha.
20th March:
• Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman dies after illness at a hospital in
Singapore.
19th March:
• 37 people killed when a Mumbai-bound bus plunged into the Jagbudi River
in Ratnagiri district.
• DMK withdraw support from UPA.

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• Lok Sabha passed the anti-rape bill.
18th March:
• India wins the third test to take a lead of 3-0 in the ongoing Airtel Border-
Gavaskar trophy.
• National Film Award declared. Paan Singh Tomar declare as the best film,
while Irffan Khan and Vikram Gokhale share the best actor Award. Usha
Jadhav choosen as best actress.
17th March:
• Australia wins Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey defeating Malaysia 3-2.
16th March:
• Shikhar Dhawan score fastest test 100 by any batsman on debut.
• Bobby Ghosh became the First Indian and Non-American to be appointed
as Editor of Time Magazine
• Founder of Dr. Reddy’s Lab, Kallam Anji Reddy died.
• Pakistan Govt. complete 5 Year terms, first government to complete after
independence.
15th March:
• World Consumer Rights Day observed for creating awareness in terms of
consumer protection.
• Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's speech, which was broadcast
simultaneously at 53 locations across 26 cities in Gujarat using 3-D
hologram projection technology, has entered in the Guinness Book of
World Records.
• Xi Jinping has assumed charge of President’s office in China.
• Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal.
• Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng won the Asia’s top literary prize “Man
Asian Literary Prize” for his novel ‘The Garden of Evening Mists’, for the
year 2012.
• Petrol prices have been cut by Rs. 2 per liter effective midnight in India.
• Third test between India and Australia begins in Mohali. Australia ended
day 273/7.
14th March:

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• Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been elected as new pope of the Catholic Church
in Vetican City.
• World Bank estimated India’s economy to grow by 6% in 2013-14.
• Five CRPF men killed in fidayeen attack in Srinagar.
13th March:
• West zone win Deodhar Trophy, 2013 with a five-wicket win over North
Zone in Guwahati .
12th March:
• Ashwani Kumar and S.C. Jamir appointed as new Governors of Nagaland
and Odisha respectively.
• Union Minister of Communications & IT Kapil Sibal inaugurated India’s
First All Women Employees Post Office at Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.
11th March:
• Australia cricket team management drop four players ahead of third test
for disciplinary reasons.
10th March:
9th March:
8th March:
• Mukesh Ambani titled India’s richest person for 6th year in a row with a
net-worth of $21.5 billion.
• Mukul Sangma sworn in as CM of Meghalaya for second time.
7th March:
• Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died at 58.
6th March:
• India take 2-0 lead against Australia in Airtel Border-Gavashkar Trophy,
2013.
• World No.1 Novak Djokovic clinches ATP Dubai Open 2013.

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• Neiphiu Rio sworn as new CM of Nagaland for third time.
• Manik Sarkar sworn as Chief Minister of Tripura for the fourth time.
• Rajasthani writer Hariram Meena chosen for Bihari Puraskar.
5th March:
• U.S. baby’s HIV “functionally cured”.
Sports Current Affairs march,2013
• Tiger Woods won the third PGA Tour title 2013, regained the world number one spot.
• India won ‘Border- Gavaskar Trophy’ 2013 by Beating Australia 4-0.
• Neha Tripathi won sixth leg of Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour 2013 on 21 March 2013
• Murali Vijay moves to career best 43rd spot in ICC rankings
• New Zealand businessman ‘Ralph Waters’ selected as New chairman of 2015 ICC
Cricket World Cup.
• David Beckham was named as the richest footballer of the world According to the Goal
Rich List 2013.
• Manorama and Deborah won Bronze for India in Hero Asian Cycling Championships
on 10 March 2013.
• On 10 March 2013 Neha Tripathi won BT Pro Am of Champions golf tournament 2013
in Manesar.
• The 33-year-old Tine Baun won the women’s singles title in the All England Open
Badminton Championships 2013.
• The veteran golfer Smriti Mehra won her second title in the Hero Women`s pro golf
tour 2013
• Saina Nehwal Entered pre-quarterfinals of All England Championship.
• On 2 March 2013 World Number one Novak Djokovic won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis
title 2013.
• Sahmim Khan won the PGTI Players Championship Title on 1 March 2013 .
• on 1 March 2013 Vijitha Bandara of Sri Lanka won Eighth NCR Cup Golf Tournament
at Delhi Golf Club .
Personalities Current Affairs march,2013

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• Veteran actress and Padma Shri award winner, Sukumari passed away in a private
hospital in Chennai
• Zamorin of Kozhikode P K S Raja passes away at the age 101
• 'Anthony Lewis’ Two-time Pulitzer winner died at age of 85
• The President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman passed away at age of 84
• Kallam Anji Reddy, the main behind Dr Reddy's Laboratories ,the second-largest
drugmaker of India Died at 72.
• “Argentine Jorge Bergoglio” was elected as the new 266 pope and chose the papal
name ‘Francis’, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside
Europe .
• Peter Banks , The Original Guitarist for ‘ Rock Band Yes’ died in London at the age of
65.
• Prof Veer Bhadra Mishra the Former Professor of Hydraulic Engineering and the
Noted Environmentalist died at the age of 75.
• Celebrated painter Ganesh Pyne died of cardiac arrest At the Age of 97 Years.
• At the 5th CIDC Vishwakarma Award 2013 “Tapas Kumar Lahiry” won the
Achievement award for Public Officer on 7 March 2013.
• The Foreign Minister of Portugal ,Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas visited India
officially for the first time.
• On 10 March 2013 Swedish Princess ‘Lilian Davies’ Died At the Age of 97 Years.
• On 9 March 2013 Former CBI Director Ashwani Kumar appointed as Governor of
Nagaland.
• Former West Bengal Governor and industrialist 'Viren J Shah' died at the age of 86
years.
• Former Pakistan off-spinner ‘Haseeb Ahsan’ died at the age of 73.
• 'Misao Okawa', world's oldest woman, turned 115 on 5 March 2013 celebrating her
birthday with proud family members.
• The chairman of local organising committee of the 2015 World Cup ‘James Strong’
died at the age of 68.
• on 5 March 2013 MRP Rao took charge as the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).
• Mukesh Gadhvi, the Congress MP from Banaskantha passed away on 1 March 2013.

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• Italian musician Armando Trovajoli died aged 95.
Technology Current Affairs march,2013
• Facebook expands ad targeting system to its newsfeed.
• India and the US agreed for cooperation on future missions to the Moon and Mars
after successful in Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission.
• Nokia has announced the launch of its two new budget Windows Phone 8 - Lumia 520
and Lumia 720 - in India
• Samsung Galaxy S4 is expected to be launched in India on May 1
• Karbonn launches its new smartphone Titanium S5 in India, phone has a 5-inch qHD
IPS multitouch screen with Qualcomm's quad-core Snapdragon Processor
• On 12 March 2013 Japan Became First Country in the World to Extract Natural Gas
from Methane Hydrate.
• Hewlett Packard launched its new business tablet ‘ HP ElitePad 900’ in India.
• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre of India announced of developing the largest magnet
of the world.
• India ranked third on the list of the countries distributing spam across the world.
• Seagate, a US-based hard disk supplier to launch its latest wireless storage Devices in
India by Mar-Apr.
• Bharti Airtel launches high quality voice service in four African countries in 2013.
• LG Electronics announce they sold more than 10 million smartphones based on the
high-speed long-term evolution (LTE) technology.
• Pantel Technologies has launched a new tablet PC - WS708C in India.
Books And Authors Current Affairs march,2013
• The Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari released a book titled 'The First Woman
President of India' on 19 March 2013
• The Union Minister for Steel, Beni Prasad Verma released a Coffee Table Book titled
“Indian Saga of Steel.
• On 1 March 2013 The Vice President of India released a book titled Walking with
Lions: Tales from a Diplomatic Past
Business Current Affairs march,2013

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• Mahindra Group launch its new generation electric vehicle, e2o this month : ‘Mahindra
Reva’
• Software giant Microsoft is developing an interactive whiteboard that ‘self –sketches
the user pictures’
• Software giant Microsoft launches Office 365 for businesses in India.
• Sony Mobile decided to launch the New model Sony Xperia Z in India on March 6,
2013.
Economics Current Affairs march,2013
• SPMCIL and Department of Economic Affairs signed the ‘growth-oriented MoU’ to
sets the Gross Operating Margin target of 511 crore Rupees for 2013-14 fiscal year.
• The Government of Rajasthan and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at Jaipur for setting up a Refinery.
• The Union Government decided to provide a financial assistance of 41.21 crore rupees
to protect Pashmina goat which produces world-famous fine luxury fibre.
• The Union Government and RBI to launch 10 Rupees Plastic Notes in 5 Cities.
• World Bank forecasted the growth of over 6 percent for the Indian Economy during
2013-14.
• On 7 March 2013 The Union Government of India approved export of extra five million
tonnes of Wheat.
• ‘AUDI’ German luxury car maker reported in India upto 29% growth in sales in
February.
Honours And Awards Current Affairs march,2013
• Navneet Kaur Dhillon was crowned Pond’s Femina Miss India 2013.
• The London based Indian origin writer,'Anil Ananthaswamy' won inaugural Physics
Journalism Prize for the article ‘Hip Hip Array’
• S. Venkata Mohan a scientist of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology won the
National Bioscience Award for 2012
• The 60th National Film Awards were announced ‘Irrfan Khan’ Won Best Actor Award
for ‘Paan Singh Tomar’
• 79-year-old Sugathakumari the Malayalam poetess was chosen for the Saraswati
Samman 2012

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• Tan Twan Eng was announced as a winner of the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize on 14
March 2013.
• On 14 March 2013 Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards for the year 2011 announced.
• Jessica Ennis named Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year at Laureus World
Sports Awards 2013.
• On 10 March 2013 five writers honoured with the prestigious SAARC Literature
Award.
• According ABP News-IPSOS Best City Survey and Awards 2013 -Nagpur won the
award for most liveable Indian city & Nashik for Best Tourist-Friendly City.
• Deborah from India won a Bronze medal in the women's juniors of 500m cycle event
in Asian Cycling Championship on 7 March 2013.
• The Parliamentary Award Committee announces Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and
Sharad Yadav For Outstanding Parliamentarian Award.
• The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee was conferred with the ‘Liberation War
Honour Award’ by the President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman on 4 March 2013.
World Organisations Current Affairs march,2013
• On 8 March 2013 India and Bhutan signed a currency swap agreement worth 100
million US dollars to strengthen economic co-operation between countries.
• In the month of March 2013 Japan and US agreed on free trade auto Exception.
Current Affairs Current Affairs march,2013
• India approves AirAsia’s tie-up with Tata Group
• For the First Time ‘The Competition Commission of India’ (CCI) was nominated for
the Global Competition Review (GCR) Awards 2013
• Dr Pablo Venegas from Cordillera Azul National Park Discovered Two New Wood
lizard species called 'Enyalioides'
• The American Multinational corporation Apple bought the indoor GPS mapping firm
wifiSLAM for 20 million dollars
• Reliance Life Insurance Company (RLIC) announced of launching new healthcare
Scheme called Reliance Life Care.
• The Union government approved 1500 crore Rupees proposal for production of more
than 2000 rockets for the Pinaka multi- barrel weapons system.

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• The former President of Pakistan, Gen. Pervez Musharraf returned back to Pakistan on
24 March 2013.
• The Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Forge Limited ‘Babasaheb Neelkanth
Kalyani’Nominated as the Chairman of IJBLF.
• The United Nations declared 20 March as the International Day of Happiness.
• World Water Day is celebrated across the world with the new theme "Water
Cooperation"
• Jeff Bezos, chief executive of Amazon, recovered two Saturn V rocket engines from
beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
• The Gold Medal Winner ‘Pietro Mennea’ , the Italian athletics died at the age of 60
years
• Indian Army Got First indigenously-developed chopper called Rudra on 8 February
2013
• The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) 2013 of the World Economic
Forum ranked India 65th out of 140 countries.
• The State Bank of India (SBI) planned to start around 1200 new branches in India and
eight overseas branches in financial year 2013-2014
• On 11 March 2013 REC signed a bilateral term-loan agreement worth 250 million US
Dollars, with the State Bank of India
• B Ashok Reddy, the Infotech Enterprises President , was elected as the new chairman
of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
• On 17 March 2013 United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially opened the world’s largest
concentrated solar power plant.
• ‘India’ spotted fifth on the list High Net worth Individuals (HNIs) According to the
Knight Frank Wealth Report 2013.
• The President of India, released a commemorative postal stamp at XXXIII
Convocation of Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) on
15 March 2013.
• India beat Australia by 6 wickets in 3rd test ,lead the series 3-0
• China has become the World's Fifth-Largest Arms Exporter
• On 14 March 2013 Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi was sworn-in as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal.
• On 14 March 2013 The Union Cabinet cleared Bill to Tackle Crimes against Women.

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• Jagat Singh Negi Elected As the Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly of Himachal
on 12 March 2013.
• Xi Jinping appointed as China's new president.
• On 12 March 2013 Airports Council International (ACI), declared Three Indian
Airports among the Top Five of the World.
• The Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit launched a comprehensive five-in-one
vaccine on 12 March 2013.
• Tata Sky launched Video on Demand service for its Tata Sky, HD subscribers.
• On 11 March 2013 Reliance Games brought Two Gaming Firms in Japan and South
Korea.
• On 11 March 2013 Iran and Pakistan launched a 7.5 billion dollar gas pipeline project.
• Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO) and
South Korean Trade Promotion Agency (KOTRA) signed (MoU) for Korean industrial
zone.
• The US and South Korea started their annual military drills on 11 March 2013 .
• According to the GallUP Polls ‘India’ is the sixth most favourable nation for Americans.
• On 8 March 2013 International Women's Day is celebrated across the world.
• On 7 March 2013 The US President, Barack Obama signed into law, the Violence
Against Women Act Reauthorization 2013.
• On 8 March 2013 The President of India released the Commemorative Postage Stamp
on Sahir Ludhianvi.
• On 6 March 2013 The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) cleared the
investment proposal of AirAsia to Enter India’s Aviation Sector.
• On 6 March 2013 Union Minister Kapil Sibal launched the Electronics Project Proposal
System (e-PPS).
• ESPN-Star Sports Decided to launch new channel –star sport2 on march 11 2013.
• On 6 March 2013 Union Public Service Commission changed the Scheme of Civil
Services (MAIN) Examination pattern 2013.
Environment Current Affairs march,2013
• The New Zealand Government declared the worst-ever drought in 30 years in the
entire North Island of the country.

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• According to the Study of lion biologists of University of Minnesota: Half of Africa’s
Lions Facing Extinction Threat.
Astronomy Current Affairs march,2013
• Herschel space observatory Founded 15 New Very Young Stars named as ‘Protostars’
• NASA's Swift satellite discovered one of the youngest-known supernova ‘remnants’
• NASA scientists discovers the third-closest star system to the Sun, located only 6.5
light-years away.
• Researchers Calculated exactly 49.97 kiloparsecs to Our Closest Neighbouring Galaxy.
Cinema Current Affairs march,2013
• Super star ‘Rajinikanth’ Starring Tamil film 'Kochadaiyaan' to be released in July

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